Cruisn World Heads to N64

The sequel to the controversial Cruis'n USA may arrive on Nintendo 64 this year

By IGN Staff

N64.com confirmed today that Cruis'n World, the sequel to the popular arcade racer Cruis'n USA, is coming to Nintendo 64, and may arrive on time for the winter holiday 1997.

Cruis'n World uses the Cruis'n USA formula of fun arcade-style racing, multicar collisions, hilarious (though not politically correct) road-kill sequences, and enables the gamer to race across the world with at least seven new cars, including a machine-gun-mounted Hummer.

The new game has been in the arcades for about a month now and, according to a reputable source at Betson Pacific Distributors, never even saw their display room, shipping straight out to arcades the day it arrived.

Cruis'n World is graphically beautiful, rich in detail, and full of cool courses ranging from Italy, Paris, France, the central square in Moscow, Egypt, Mexico, Australia (be careful of the roos), China (yeah, you race on the Great Wall), and other prominent locations.

But the real question is whether executives at Midway Home Entertainment, where this game is developed in conjunction with Nintendo, will look at the problems that checkered the home version of Cruis'n USA. Frame rate, collision detection, vehicle control, and other elements kept Cruis'n from garnering critical acclaim (See review in N-Games).

For more information regarding the Nintendo 64 version of Cruis'n World, see N64.com's preview of the game in upcoming weeks.